Дэвид Вебер: Path of the Fury

VENGEANCE IS A DISH BEST SERVED HOT.Imperial Intelligence couldn t find them, the Imperial Fleet couldn t catch them, and local defenses couldn t stop them. It seemed the planet-wrecking pirates were invincible. But the pirates made a big mistake when they raided ex-commando leader Alicia DeVries quiet home world, tortured and murdered her family, and then left her for dead.Since the Imperial forces seem hog-tied, Alicia decides to turn «pirate» herself, and steals a cutting-edge AI ship from the Empire to start her vendetta. Her fellow veterans think she s crazy, the Imperial Fleet has shoot-on-sight orders. And of course the pirates want her dead, too. But Alicia DeVries has two allies nobody knows about, allies as implacable as she is: a self-aware computer, and a creature from the mists of Old Earth s most ancient legends. And this trio of furies won t rest until vengeance is served.